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You need to read the whole essay to get the emotional payload that makes this summary deeply salient.

But that essay is nearly 9,000 words.

Not good for a marching sign.

The closest I can distill it to is this.

1.

Our society has a code we live by.

The code says that if you make the world better by creating things for your fellow man that she values, you can sell the thing you made for a price she's happy to pay.

If you create enough value that you get very rich by doing this, then that is honourable wealth.

You can keep it.

You still pay taxes, but we recognize you did an honorable thing and won't come after you for it.

2.

This code has led to many people pursuing honorable wealth rather than the old methods of conquest, slavery, and theft.

Because of this code directly, we have immense amounts of wealth.

We get infinite hot water in our homes by turning a tap.

We get antibiotics, and limitless music, and elastic pants.

We can work 40 hours a week rather than grinding our bodies to death before our 50th birthday.

3.

Following this code means that, in a global economy of 8 billion people, some people can and will become billionaires by completely honourable means.

Yes, some will also use conquest or corruption or theft.

Those people are evil and should be stopped.